Phonograph-record-disk file.



J. D. ROCKWELL.

PHONOGRAPH RECORD DISK FLE.

APPLICATION FILED DEG. 3, 1912.

a'tented Apr. 29, 1913.

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JAMES D. ROCKWELL,

To all lwhom, it may concern Be it known that JAMES D. RoonwnLL, acitizen of the United States, residing at New York city, New York, haveinvented certain new and useful lxni'novenients inPhonographflecord-Disk f F iles, of which the following is a clear,full, and exact de scription.

This invention relates to the tiling of phonograph records. YJhei'i suchrecords are of disk torni, it is a common practice to provide a recordon both faces otk the disk. When such disks are tiled in the ordinarymanner they are tiled usually without respect. to the position ot' theforward and rear Yfaces so that when a certain disk is removed to beplnced in the phonograph, the disk must be examined so as to ascertainwhich side must be placed uppermost and in contact with the stylus. Thedisks after being nsed are usually not irnnie'diatel returned to thecabinet but are placed toget ier and tiled -away after the end of thephonograph performance or recital.

@ne of the objects of the present invention is to produce a tileot'phonograph disks having a special indexing aiangenient whichfacilitates the nding of the' proper record and which also facilitatesthe placing of the disk on the phonograph in its proper position withoutnecessitating` the exercise of great care.

ln carrying ont my invention prefer to rovide a plurality of indexsheets which `lie between the disks., and one of the objects of theinvention is to construct and arrange these sheets so as to facilitatethe nding of the desired' record Aand so as to facilitate the edge of'the record being reedily grasped to i enable it to be removed from thetile.

The invention consists in the general coinbination of part-s endsimplicity ot details hereinafter described, ell of which contribute toproduce en efficient phonograph tile.

The preferred embodiment of -iny inven* tion will be pslhtioularlydescribed in the iollowing specification While the broad scope of myinvention 'will be pointed out in the appended claim.

lln the drawings, Figure l is e perspective showing short. portion of myimproved file; and f is :i vertical cross section through the tile andsho4 e a drewci or cabinet and further rating Specification of Letterslatent.

ilgpplicetion filed December 3, 1912. Serial No. 734,661.

0F NEW YORK, N. Y,

Patented Apr. 29, 19H5.

In carrying out the invention i prefer to `tile the disks in asubstantially verticalv plane.y

and separated by index sheets, said index sheets being preferably in theforni of a pluralit-y'ot holders l, each holderconsisting of a forwardsheet 2 and a rear sheet 3. These sheets are preferably connectedtogether at ,I

theirvlower edges and may he most conveniently :tornied of a singlesheet formed with a folded edge 4 as indicated. These holders l arepreferably formed with projecting tabs which correspond respectively tothe records on the front and rear sides of the disks 5. The tabs 6 whichrelate to the forward sides of the disks are preferably arranged on thesaine point of the holders; and

the tabs r' which bear the names of the records on the rear sides oitthe disks-are similnrly arranged at another point so that when theholders are placed together the tabs relat-ing to the forward sidesoiEthe disks pretabs relating to the rear sides yof the disks present.themselves in a second row. The disks, 5 are tiled respectively in theholders with the forward side of each disk disposed forwardly and therear side disposed rear- Werdlyw From the arrangement described, the desired record can be very readily found and the disk bearing ity removedfrom the file; and on account of the fact that all the disks are in acorresponding position with respect to the-index tabs, no time is lostin turning the record over to ascertain which side should be placeduppermost when putting it upon the phonograph.

l ,prefer to separate the row of forward tabs as tar as possible fromthe row of rear or back tabs, :and for this reason the tabs arepreferably formed near the opposite' vertical edges of theliolders, andI preter also to forni the forward 'tabs on the forward sheets and thetabs on the rear Sheetsthet is, so that a sheet bearing s certain nemeis adjacent to the corresponding record on the disk.

order to facilitate the removal ot' the disks troni thel tile, l .preferto make the depth ot the holders slightly less than the diameter ot thedisks so that the upper edges oit the project up into the space bef thetabs. ln this way" the eect of notches in the sheets or holders is 'lAfacilitate the grasping of the sent themselves in a row andi" similarlythe ion ' In order to save spaoe in 'the cabinet, I prefer to make theholders of substantially square form and form the tabs by cutting downinto the body of the sheets .at the upper edges thereof. The upper edgesof the tabs then lie nearly in line with the upper edges of the disks sothat the presence o the tabs does not necessitate any increase in heightin the le.

It is understood that the embodiment vot the inventionv described aboveis only one ot' many forms the invention may take, and I do not Wish tobe limited in the practice of my invention nor in the scope of my claimsto the particular embodiment of the invention set forth.

record disks separated thereby and having 2( different records on theforward and .rear sides thereof, said sheets bearinthe'names of theforwardly disposed reoor second row. n

Signed at 146 East 22d st. N. FY; city this 30 day of Novemberkl9'l2.

JAMES D. ROCKWELL. Witnesses: ESTELLE S. RooKWELL, ALVERTA GWYNNE.

s arranged lin a row, and bearing the names of therearwardly disposedrecords y arranged in a. 2.

